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Christmas Shortbread Houses with Nutella®

Bring a touch of fun and warmth to your Christmas biscuit platter

These adorable shortbread cookies are cut into charming house shapes and sandwiched with a touch of creamy Nutella®. A fun, festive twist on your traditional gingerbread house, just as fun to make as they are to eat.

Easy
1 h 20 min
Christmas Shortbread Sandwich with Nutella®

INGREDIENTS for 20 portions

  • 170g flour

  • 55g granulated sugar

  • 100g soft butter

  • A pinch of salt

  • ¾ tsp (1.5g) gingerbread spice mix

  • 300g Nutella® – 1 heaped tsp Nutella® (15g per portion)

HOW TO MAKE SHORTBREAD HOUSE COOKIES

  1. Christmas Shortbread Sandwich with Nutella® - step 1
    STEP 1

    In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together. Add the butter and knead for 1-2 minutes until the dough becomes pliable. You can knead with your hands or with a dough attachment on a stand or electric mixer. 

  2. Christmas Shortbread Sandwich with Nutella® - step 2
    STEP 2

    Roll out the shortbread dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until it reaches a thickness of around 4mm.

  3. Christmas Shortbread Sandwich with Nutella® - step 3
    STEP 3

    If you don’t have a cookie cutter, you can create your own cookie shape with cardboard. Cut your cardboard into the shape of a house (a triangle on top of a square) and use it as a stencil. Use a knife to cut around the stencil to create your shortbread cookie shapes. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

    Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F) and position the baking rack in the middle of the oven. Transfer the dough shapes onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Bake for 10-11 minutes, remove from the oven and let them cool down on the tray.

  4. Christmas Shortbread Sandwich with Nutella® - step 4
    STEP 4

    Fill a piping bag fitted with a small nozzle (about 2 mm) with the Nutella®, pipe 5g of Nutella® on half of the biscuits and assemble with the other half. You can also use piping bags to decorate your shortbread houses with details of windows, a roof and a door.

    If you want to turn your shortbread cookies into tree decorations, modify step 3 and use a piping nozzle to make small holes at the top of every dough shape. Once your biscuits are baked, sandwiched and decorated, string a ribbon though the holes, tie a knot and hang on your Christmas tree for all to admire!

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